Show IN THE EUROPEAN MISSION the last issue of the millennial star received contains a statistical report of the european mission for the year 1892 by bj comparison comp arleon with the two previous oun years about the same ratio of progress has hao been preserved there lass has been a considerable falling failing off in the number that has gathered to utah this is in no doubt partly due to genoy gency in financial matters among the in 1 u du classes in europe and in rome nome degree to dull times here fur for many of thue who came over during the past two or three years are families where the head bead of the houtte has baa preceded them and has earned money aud and has sent for them to settle here the statistics of the entire european mission for 1892 show a division into five smaller missions miu eions viz great britain netherlands turkey scandinavia di aud and switz flaud and germany of these great britain is further subdivided into thirteen thir teea con ferencek feren ces as birmingham cheltenham chelt nham irish leeds liverpool london manchester newcastle nur nor wien nottingham scottish sheffield fiela and welch in these conferences there are in all 79 branches navia ha seven conferences copenhagen aarhus aalborg abrl tl stockholm gottburg Go and which embrace 46 branches in 10 the swiss and german mission there are 26 branches included in ia tho thi seven raven conferences of berne central swiss jurn juril east swiss north german nuremberg and south german the netherlands mission consists of the belgium and Hulla Holland nJ conferences with 14 hr branches anches bra uchee and in the mission there is in but one branch that of 0 asia minor this makes up a grand cotal of 30 80 conferee conferences ces with organized branches throughout the whole mission there have been during 1892 1120 baptiste persons have emigrated have died and there have been members excommunicated the total of off officers leers and members is reported at Scandinavia leads in the list of baptisms as well as an of membership there having been of the former the total of officers and members being the baptisms bap tisma in the various conferences for the year are copenhagen 50 66 56 aalborg 81 christinia christi nia 29 I 1 stockholm Go 61 izone 52 in great britain there are 2604 officers and members and there have been baptisms in the latter the scottish conference confer euce heads beads the list with 67 then comes leeds with 43 nottingham 32 manchester newcastle and norwich with 24 each the london and welsh with 22 each cheltenham 1 21 11 birmingham 19 liverpool 18 sheffield 17 and the irish conference couter euce with a 3 Swits switzerland fland and germany has a total of 1019 officers and members mem ben the baptisms are divided among amone the conferences feren ces as follow berne 81 31 central swiss 7 jura 33 fast east swiss 78 north german 33 nuremberg 20 south german 31 in the net nether ther lauds audit there are officers and mew mem bers bere the baptisms were 84 turkey has 89 offices carts and members with a record of 3 baptisms in the year the following are the latest changes changed in the british mission noted in the star elder eider W B dougall jr to ia jicy honor ora ably relieved from his labors babura in the editorial department ot of the Mill millennial annial star office until his health improves rider elder B R G savage is released as traveling elder in the london confer once and to is appointed to preside over the birmingham conference elder thomas minson is appointed to preside over the be cheltenham con cola ference elder geo gen D merkley is ia appointed to preside over the leeds conference elder ww wm C hunter is appointed to preside over the nottingham cork con ference the saints of the manchester conference held a general assembly at lancashire on sunday february 19 there were at this cow ference the following missionaries frow from zion elders eldera joseph quinney T fi taylor raylor and anaw W D Oal callister lister of tb the liverpool office samuel brockbank president pre eident of and D williams ch chaa as E murdock H boyce and geo ba thompson rh ompson traveling elders in tte liverpool conference H M mccune and H H pitch forth traveling elders elder in the sheffield conference H W V woolley wool ley president of and T Q humphrey H A woodruff john a evans E A stratford B M blacky black hurst burst thomas gledhill H W lunt lun and A travel 9 elders in the manchester conference A number of these elders occupied the time in speaking on the first principles of the gospel as taught by the lord rad and his disciples the conference report for the six months ending february auary 1893 was read as follows follow meetings held indoor and ou out t tracts distributed books so solda 39 books loaned and given away baptisms 15 confirmations 16 15 dren blessed bl eseed 6 emigrated over eight years 13 emigrated under eight years year 3 received 7 removed 2 exbom 2 dieda died 2 sunday school sessions 26 high priests 1 seventies 9 elders 19 priests 7 teacher 4 g i deacons 3 members total officers and members ia in ill making his report to the president preside u of the mission elder B R hillam j jmj conference president wrote a aa follow from bradford on february 21 president B young J dear brother I 1 have pie pleasure in reporting the workings ot of i the kasur e Z aird rd through his servants in this the keedo leedo con conference terence our inference cn c ference is dIvide ivi ct into four districts viz bradford hull 1 otley and harrogate Harro Kate and pudsey 3 birkenshaw and jlee beels a in each dja dia y arfet elders Elder ware are stationed and report success attending the their r labors jabors since our conference in the huu hull district in january last strangers have d in attendance at our meet inga and six bersot 8 9 have been baptized in that district elder crowther wilcken and fernley Per nley who are laboring thorp there are much encouraged we attribute much of the interest awakened to several influential gentlemen who have been attending our meeting and are nut not afraid but rather proud to tell the truth concerning us this thip added to the efforts of the elders eldera and saints with the blessings of the lord has awakened a spirit of inquiry we are pleased to note otley and harrogate is a rew cew district having been opened hardly a year JI harrogate arrogate is the great yorkshire health resort and add is visited by many thousands of people during the flummer r m we have a nice alov hall ball in a pro prominent locality where we hold our oar meetings each sabbath and these we announce by advertisement in the paper by posters and hand bills billo and are rewarded by the attendance of a number of strangers our labors in are but recent the elders having turned their attention to this place at the commencement or of winter we have alrea already received mu much 1 ch encouragement ard at aft in hull I 1 a number of 0 influential people have taken an unprejudiced view of the message we bear anu are supporting our cause among their trien dp tip prominent among these is mr john thompson the manager ol of this the prudential assurance comp company Luv in the otley district who is aiding u us 14 greatly by carrying the message wherever he be goes and introducing the bid elders erg among his big frien ja elders hall and weston are at present laboring there elder weston having taken the she place of elder jos joe H da salisbury lisbury lately transferred tu to the cheltenham conference Oon terence Afee meetings tings are held to do thursday evening ot of each week and are well attended ceRl elders ders kerr and merkley have toen been laboring of late in the pudsey k birkenshaw and leeds districts where they have beet been successful in placing the gospel before many people and a number have united themselves to the church in this district we also have a promising outlook for the summer season 16 bradford cBradford district is IB large larg very every much scattered catt ered and requires ble travel to nil fill appointments meetings are held beld at clayton Jl ayton and bradford on sundays and at clayton asu and sticker slicker lane during the week full houses bouses at eaon meeting among whom are many elders jonea anell and tillotson Tillo taun nave have this district in charge early clearly this mouth month in anater to requests for baptism notice was wag ernt fee i it into the districts near Br bradford auford that saturday evening february 11 would 60 beset set apart for the me purpose at th tb cantli candidates dates time appointed presented 1 the themselves making in ri all 1 seventeen everteen eve oteen persons persona baptized since our confere conference tice in january last saturday evening the saints sainte and their friends gathered iu in the temperance hall bradford and enjoyed themselves i in a social tea party much credit is due to the young ladies for the kind manner in which they presided at the tattles tables and aided in the evenings evening s entertain met which consisted ot of echea ches songs recitation and games 4 and was indeed an enjoyable and pleasing affair 00 oo OD Su bannay nijay february 19 a district meeting was held in the temperance hall bradford at which three sessions were held at our morning service we had nearly two hundred persons sons present which increased at our after afternoon Doon anil and evening sessions until only a few seats remained unoccupied the spirit of the be lord was abundant anti and the speeches of the breth brethren throughout the day were plain forcible and impressive we are bon confident flament that much meed has bee i sown which will not easily be uprooted ana that in the lords loirda lo irda own due time the increase will be given the rhe elders are all united in the work of the lord and are taking the heavy duties imposed upon them pleasantly and willingly gly owing to the small number of elders eldero in the conference fer euce many times they have to hold deett gs go alone in order to meet all appointments point ments but the promise of the lord is realized and they have strength sufficient to their day my labors as a missionary are almoas at an end and I 1 wish to express to my brethren associated with me file and to toabe the saints with whom I 1 have been associated lor for several pastey past my heartfelt thanks and gratitude for the support and encouragement given to mes me aud and I 1 trust that they may be bergiven given undiminished to my successor go r that be may be enabled b the blessing of god and their support and encouragement to continue the labor begun 31 |